Greeley motor vehicle office to debut self-service kiosk Friday

The line to renew vehicle license plates in Greeley is about to get shorter, as Weld County Clerk and Recorder Carly Koppes on Tuesday announced a self-service kiosk will be in place Friday.

The large, yellow and blue kiosk allows residents to walk up, scan the barcode on their vehicle renewal notice, pay fees by check, credit or debit card and receive their printed registration and license plate tabs on the spot without waiting in line at the office, according to a news release from the clerk and recorder's office.

Weld County is the third county in Colorado to launch Colorado MCExpress kiosks, but 13 other counties will add kiosks later this year, according to the release. Koppes said she anticipates adding a kiosk at the county's Fort Lupton and Del Camino offices in September.

"This is another way that we can continue to better serve the people of Weld County," Koppes said in the release.

The kiosk comes at no cost to the county, as it's operated by a third-party vendor. But the convenience will come at a cost for residents.

Users must pay a $3 convenience fee, as well as a 2.1 percent fee for credit cards or 50 cents for checks. Cash won't be accepted at first.

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If your vehicle requires an emissions test, Koppes recommends you complete it at least two business days before using a kiosk. She recommends two to four business days wait time if users have updated auto insurance.

Koppes said a similar system in Arapahoe County saved that county hundreds of employee hours thanks to a reduction in face-to-face transactions.